MSNBC cracks me up. They're dedicating an entire segment every hour to expressing outrage over Letterman's remarks about Sarah Palin, but they don't seem to have any problem with far worse remarks...
Author - Bob Cesca
The Healthcare Spending Lie
Andrew Sullivan nails Glenn Reynolds' hackery on the Obama healthcare plan: [Reynolds] must know that the huge deficits projected in the future have virtually nothing to do with Obama's proposals on...
Right Is Left, Up Is Down
I don't even know what to say about this. Briefly, the wingnuts are claiming that white supremacists are liberal. Yep. Because white supremacists are such dirty effing hippies. You know who else was...
Morning Joe's Used Cars
Joe Scarborough is awesomely serious. Which is why he just said this: "I've heard from [GM] dealerships that were shut down for political affiliation." Nice try. This ridiculousness was debunked by...
Morning Awesome
Sonic Youth - "Sacred Trickster" From their new album The Eternal Live on Jools Holland
I Wonder What It's Like To Be This Smart
Remember this guy from the short-lived tea party movement? I wonder if he feels really stupid right now. Probably not. Incidentally, I discovered that there are a wide array of "right wing extremist"...
Controversy!
Steve McMahon, the resident "Democratic strategist" on Hardball who routinely debates that hairless former McCain staffer, was on with Chris Matthews tonight doing an excellent job echoing the...
Elvis Dingeldein's Gut Reaction
Elvis asked me to promote his big show tonight, so here goes. Big radio show tonight hosted by Elvis Dingeldein, featuring his special guest... me! Listen live here beginning at 9 p.m. EDT.
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for your Thursday night blogotubing.
Health Insurance Stories, Pt. 3
Hang onto something while you read this one. Last summer, while working on my ranch in the Southern Sierra mountains, I was attacked and badly mauled by a predatory black bear. Although my face was...
Quote of the Day
"I also strongly believe that one of the options in the exchange should be a public insurance option. And the reason is not because we want a government takeover of health care. I've already said, if...
Apples And Stupid
Senator Grassley was on MSNBC today saying that because 80 percent of the American public is satisfied with their health insurance, the public option would "upset the apple cart." For a response, I...
Crazy Power Shortage
I mentioned this on the radio show last night. One reason for the spike in both right wing violence and wingnut crazy talk could be that the Bushies are gone and unable to handle these tasks...
Convergence
Considering how vocal I was a year ago about the Clinton campaign, the image below (after the jump) made me laugh.
Health Insurance Stories, Pt. 2
From a reader without insurance since 2000... Bob, I don't have health insurance, either. I'm a former U.S. foreign service officer, but let my insurance lapse in 1991 when I resigned my commission...
Health Insurance Stories
From a health insurance insider: For two years I was the executive director of MCC-Wichita, a managed mental health (HMO) subsidiary of CIGNA. We did very good work, and we were very profitable (26%...
Good Job, Senators
From a letter to Janet Napolitano (link goes to Malkin's site) signed by Senators Coburn, Brownback, DeMint, Burr, Murkowski, Inhofe, and Vitter, griping about the DHS Right Wing Extremist report:...
Hero of the Day
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR): Suck it, Luntz. Transcript after the jump...
The AMA Wants To Screw You, Too
Sam Stein: Just days before President Barack Obama is set to address the American Medical Association to pitch its members on his vision for health care reform, the 250,000-member physician group...
Shep Smith's Wingnut Mail Bag
Shep's not the only one. Here's a sweet and thoughtful wingnut email I received: You're nothing more than the average run of the mill Communist. Of course you work in the "entertainment" industry...